The final payment receipt belongs in the financial file. Conditional residence starts with the applicable immigrant admission or adjustment approval, not completion of the project’s invoice.
Reconcile the receipt with the actual status record
Keep the payment confirmation, petition notices and evidence of immigrant admission or adjustment approval as separate dated events. If the receipt and the residence record have different dates, do not make them agree for convenience. Use the actual conditional-residence start to identify the usual Form I-829 window—the 90 days before its second anniversary. A project payment timetable does not extend that deadline or remove conditions. Before describing the case as complete, identify what government decision has actually occurred and which later filing still requires evidence.
While a timely I-829 is pending, residence continues and is documented by the receipt notice, which extends the permanent resident card, so the family remains lawfully present even if adjudication takes longer than the two years. The sequence is to confirm the capital amount and location category, review source and job records, then assess filing, visa availability, admissibility, and the later conditional-residence timeline.